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OK, instead of saying "this is tricky" people should say, "this will take some practice." I got pointers right away but it took a lot of practice to use them wi
by chrismealy 15y ago
OK, instead of saying "this is tricky" people should say, "this will take some practice." I got pointers right away but it took a lot of practice to use them without error.
- evincarofautumn 15y agoI like that. It's not "you can't", it's "you will have to work".
- lutorm 15y agoThe author completely missed the point about why teachers say "this is tricky". It's not about telling students to pay attention, they do that if they want. And it's certainly not about telling people it's so hard they need not bother. It is to make it OK for students to not understand right away and not feel bad about asking questions.
- evincarofautumn 15y agoI was trying to be brief, but that is essentially what I meant to say...perhaps I'll edit to clarify that. I think the effect is still the same, though, regardless of the motivation behind the phrase.